Romanian prosecutors have indicted Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors, sex with a minor, money laundering, and witness tampering in a case alleging he and his brother kept about $1.25 million generated through the sexual exploitation of a girl recruited when she was 15.Tate’s brother, Tristan Tate, was also... Read More »
Apple is facing a $2.7 billion lawsuit in Britain accusing the iPhone maker of using its privacy rules to place tighter restrictions on outside app developers than on its own services, allegedly giving its advertising business an unfair advantage.The proposed collective action, filed Thursday at London's Competition Appeal Tribunal, targets... Read More »
Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear for a sworn congressional deposition Thursday and instead sued the House Oversight Committee, asking a federal judge to block subpoenas issued as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The committee went forward with the deposition for the record, leaving an empty chair where... Read More »
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from treating four California Clean Air Act waivers as federal rules that could be quickly overturned by Congress, preserving California’s authority to enforce stricter emissions standards for vehicles and small engines while the lawsuit continues.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington issued... Read More »
New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether prediction markets such as Kalshi can offer sports betting nationwide without complying with state gambling laws, bringing a rapidly growing regulatory fight to the nation’s highest court.New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and Mary Jo Flaherty, interim director of... Read More »
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis, months after video evidence undermined the government’s original account of the confrontation.Christian Castro, the ICE officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the... Read More »
A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration from applying President Donald Trump’s latest birthright citizenship order to a class of U.S.-born children, finding that the Supreme Court already settled their constitutional right to citizenship earlier this year.U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday,... Read More »
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit claiming the American Veterinary Medical Association uses its control over veterinary school accreditation to limit the number of veterinarians entering the profession and drive up the cost of pet care.U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan in Tennessee dismissed the case brought by Lincoln... Read More »
The Trump administration is proposing that parents applying for U.S. passports for their children provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status, a new requirement tied to President Donald Trump’s latest effort to restrict birthright citizenship.Draft State Department guidance would require parents or legal guardians to submit documents showing... Read More »
Tiger Woods avoided jail and a DUI conviction Wednesday after prosecutors dropped the impaired-driving charge in a Florida plea deal that left him convicted of reckless driving and without a driver’s license for five years.The 15-time major champion pleaded no contest in Martin County court to reckless driving, second offense,... Read More »
